As of its official announcement on Monday, the Common Application will now be accepted at 490 colleges and universities beginning with the 2012-2013 application season.
That total includes the 37 campuses that have been approved to join the Common Application family of schools that must adhere to stringent holistic review policies and that agree to treat the Common App, as it is more popularly known, as equally as they do their own institutional application (if still utilized).
The institutions most recently approved for Common App membership include:
- Alma College (Alma, MI)
- Anna Maria College (Paxton, MA)
- Blackburn College (Carlinville, IL)
- Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI)
- College of St. Joseph (Rutland, VT)
- Concordia University Irvine (Irvine, CA)
- Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)
- Elms College (Chicopee, MA)
- Emory & Henry College (Emory, VA)
- Grove City College (Grove City, PA)
- Hult International Business School (Boston, Dubai, London, San Francisco, Shanghai)
- Keele University (Newcastle, Staffordshire UK)
- Keuka College (Keuka Park, NY)
- Lincoln University (Lincoln University, PA)
- Lyon College (Batesville, AR)
- Manchester College (North Manchester, IN)
- Marymount University (Arlington, VA)
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (North Adams, MA)
- Mercer University (Chamblee, GA)
- Molloy College (Rockville Centre, NY)
- The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
- Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
- Richmond The American International University in London (Surrey, England)
- Roanoke College (Salem, VA)
- Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ)
- Saint Joseph College (West Hartford, CT)
- Simpson College (Indianola, IN)
- Soka University of America (Aliso Viejo, CA)
- St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, FL)
- Tennessee Wesleyan College (Athens, TN)
- The University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
- University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- University of Stirling (Stirling, Scotland UK)
- Virginia Intermont College (Bristol, VA)
- Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)
- Woodbury University (San Diego, CA)
- Yale NUS College (Singapore)
The 2012-2013 Common App will be available beginning August 1. Until that date, Class of 2013 college-bound students may click here to preview the application and to become familiar with its components.